suburbs
lborkowski | January 12, 2015In The Atlantic, Alana Semuels writes about poor families living in the Atlanta suburbs – one of the many suburban US areas where a growing proportion of residents are struggling to get by. And because poverty has historically been concentrated in cities, that’s where the infrastructure and resources that help low-income residents tend to be located. Suburban residents often find it much harder to access assistance, or to get around if they don't have a car. (Details on trends and local specifics are available from the Brookings Institution.) For instance, Semuels notes that both jobs and…